Yoshitha leads Sri Lanka Rugby Sevens team

Anuradha ABEYSEKERA

Navy skipper Yoshitha Rajapaksa will lead the Sri Lanka team in the Borneo Sevens championship which is to be worked off on September 24 and 25 in Malaysia. Beside Yoshitha five sailors have been included in the squad namely Kalana Amarasinghe, Niranjan Wickremaratne, Suranga Pushpakumara, Kosala Tissera and Dinusha Chathuranga. Three Air Force players-Radhika Hettiarachchi, Chanaka Chandimal, Pubudu Kodagoda are also in the squad.

This will be the second international sevens tournament that Sri Lanka taking part this year after the Shanghai sevens in early September. Sri Lanka will meet Korea, Thailand and China in their group.

Ellis Meachen will coach the local team while S. W. Chang will be the team manager.

The Sri Lankan sevens team

Yoshitha Rajapaksa (captain), Kalana Amarasinghe, Niranjan Wickramaratne, Suranga Pushpakumara, Kosala Tissera, Dinusha Fernando (all from Navy), Radhika Hettiarachchi, Chanaka Chandimal, Pubudu Kodagoda (all three from Air Force) Priyantha Ekanayake (Police), Anrudhdha Wilwara (Havelocks), Heshan Gunaratne (CR&SC), Ellis Meachen (coach), S. W. Chang (manager).